Shifting to Post-Crisis Welfare States in Europe? Long and Short Term perspectives
4 – 5 June, 2013, Berlin
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Tuesday 4 June 2013, 11:30 – 13:00
a) Social Policy Concepts, Classifications and Ideas
Norwegian embassy
Chairs: Klaus Petersen (University of South Denmark, DK, klaus.petersen@hist.sdu.dk) and Christoph
Conrad (University of Geneva, CH, Christoph.Conrad@unige.ch)
Dudchik, Andrei (Belarusian State University): Localizing welfare state?: Concept of ‘Socially oriented
state’ in official Belarusian ideology
Edling, Nils (Stockholm University), Jørn Henrik Petersen & Klaus Petersen (University of Southern
Denmark): Social Policy Language in Denmark and Sweden
Fabrykant, Marharyta (Belarusian State University): Wording the Crisis? Comparative Sematic History
of the Notion of Welfare State in Central and Eastern Europe
Kananen, Johannes (University of Helsinki): Nordic Welfare State Restructuring: Transforming the
post-war collectivist social order
b) The Relationships between Trust, Legitimacy and the Welfare State
Swedish embassy
Chairs: Ellen Immergut (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE, ellen.m.immergut@sowi.hu-berlin.de)
and Pauli Kettunen (University of Helsinki, FI, pauli.kettunen@helsinki.fi)
Bartha, Attila (Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Welfare Reforms in LowTrust European Societies. How Transferable is the Nordic Model of Welfare State Adaptation?
Kutylowski, A. Jan (University of Oslo): Nordic welfare states in context: a comparison of some
ideologic alternatives, recent public opinion findings and the challenge of financicalization
Berens, Sarah A. (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, University of Cologne): Weak States
– Strong Preferences? A Multilevel Analysis of Social Policy Preferences and Context
Bothfeldt, Silke (Bremen University of Applied Sciences) & Sigrid Betzelt (Berlin School of Economics
and Law): Can individual autonomy be an appropriate normative concept to cope with present
challenges of the welfare state?
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c) Changing Demography, Care and Gender Relations
Felleshuset, meeting room
Chairs: Birgit Pfau-Effinger (University of Hamburg, DE, Birgit.pfau-effinger@wiso.uni-hamburg.de)
and Sonya Michel (University of Maryland, US, Sonya.Michel@wilsoncenter.org).
Jönsson, Ingrid (Lund University): Childcare and eldercare in Sweden - different paths of development
Höppner, Julia (University of Bremen): Why do Swedes use less cash-for-childcare than Norwegians?
Lundqvist, Åsa (Lund University) & Christine Roman (Örebro University): Struggling to survive in a
changing economy. Lone working class mothers in Sweden.
Szelewa, Dorota (Warsaw University ICRA Foundation): Cash- vs. service-oriented family support
systems for single parents. A comparative study
d) Poverty and Social Exclusion in Times of Crisis – Historical and Contemporary Impact
Felleshuset, auditorium
Chairs: Bea Cantillon (University of Antwerp, BE, bea.cantillon@ua.ac.be ) and Pirjo Markkola
(University of Jyväskylä, FI, pirjo.markkola@jyu.fi).
Alho, Rolle (University of Helsinki/WZB, Berlin): Varieties of capitalism and translocal linkages
shaping trade union strategy in the context of transnational labor mobility
Elstad, Jon Ivar (Norwegian Social Research NOVA) & Espen Dahl (Oslo and Akershus University
College): Disability pension in Norway in the 1990s and 2000s: Poverty prevention, class bias
Heuer, Jan-Ocko (University of Bremen): Social Inclusion and Exclusion in European Consumer
Bankruptcy Systems
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Tuesday 4 June 2013, 14:00 – 15:30
e) EU: The Problem or the Solution of the Welfare State in Crisis?
Felleshuset, auditorium
Chairs: Caroline de la Porte (University of Southern Denmark, DK, cpo@sam.sdu.dk) and Jonathan
Zeitlin (University of Amsterdam, NL, j.h.zeitlin@uva.nl)
Agostini, Chiara (University of Milan) & David Natali (University of Bologna): Evolving EU Social
Dimension: Trends in Social and Education Policy in the Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020
Jessoula Matteo (University of Milan), Chiara Agostini (University of Milan) & Sebastiano Sabato
(University of Milan and Observatoire Social Européen – Brussels) : Combating poverty in emerging
multilevel arenas: EU2020 and the peer review strategy
Moriarty, Elaine (Trinity College Dublin), James Wickham (Trinity College Dublin), Alicja Bobek
(Trinity College Dublin) & Sally Daly (Trinity College Dublin): Portability of welfare rights in the New
Europe
Papadopoulos, Theodoros (University of Bath) & Antonios Roumpakis (University of York):
Democracy, welfare reforms and European integration in the light of the Greek politico-economic
crisis
f)
Life Courses, Intergenerational and Gender Relations interacting with Welfare Policies
Norwegian embassy
Chairs: Chiara Saraceno (Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), DE & Collegio Carlo Alberto,
Turin, IT, chiara.saraceno@unito.it), and Gunhild Hagestad (Norwegian Social Research, NO,
gunhild.hagestad@uia.no)
Chevalier, Tom (Sciences Po): The different paths towards familialism: Social policies towards young
people in France and the UK.
Frericks, Patricia (University of Hamburg): Long-term transformations of the welfare state: Life
courses, intergenerational and gender relations interacting with welfare policies
Mabbett, Deborah (Birkbeck University of London): Adjudicating on Equality: Combating sex
discrimination in private insurance in the EU
Ulmanen, Petra (University of Stockholm) & Marta Szebehely (University of Stockholm): From the
state to the family or to the market? Consequences of reduced residential eldercare in Sweden
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g) Crises and Restructuring of Labour Markets: Reinforced Dualisation and Exclusion?
Felleshuset, meeting room
Chairs: Noel Whiteside (University of Warwick, UK, noel.whiteside@warwick.ac.uk ), and Paul Marx
(University of Southern Denmark, DK, marx@sam.sdu.dk).
Aho, Simo (University of Tampere): Causes and development of structural unemployment in Finland
since the crisis of early 1990s
Heidenreich, Martin (University of Oldenburg) & Patrizia Aurich (University of Oldenburg): European
Worlds of Employment and Social Services: The Local Dimension of Activation Policies
Lloyd, Christopher (University of New England): Capitalism, Welfare, and Regulation: GlobalHistorical Perspectives
Sobanova, Petra (University of Ostrava): Long-term unemployment as one of the causes for social
exclusion: analysis of the methods for working with long-term unemployed
h) What are we comparing and what should we compare? Challenges of comparative welfare
state research
Swedish embassy
Chairs: Jon Kvist (University of Southern Denmark, DK, jon@sam.sdu.dk) and Bernhard Ebbinghaus
(University of Manheim, DE, bebbinghaus@sowi.uni-mannheim.de).
Baranowski, Mariusz (The School of Humanities and Journalism Poznań): Welfare State System in
Central and Eastern Europe: Illusion or Reality?
Clasen, Jochen (University of Edinburgh), Daniel Glegg (University of Edinburgh) & Alexander Goerne
(University of Edinburgh): Active Labour Market Policy in Comparative Welfare State Research: A
Critical Discussion
Kappe, Roland (University College London UCL): Wheat from Chaff: A Sensitivity Analysis of
Determinants of Social Expenditure Levels in OECD Countries
van Oorschot, Wim (Leuven University): The ‘dependent variable problem’ revisited. Comparative
analysis of European welfare states with social survey based benefit recipiency indicators
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Wednesday 5 June 2013, 9:00 – 11:00
i)
Perspectives on the Current Crisis – Background, Response and Experience across Europe
Felleshuset, auditorium
Chairs: Jochen Clasen (University of Edinburgh, UK, Jochen.Clasen@ed.ac.uk) and Ana Guillén,
(University of Oviedo, ES, aguillen@uniovi.es).
Ganssmann, Heiner (Free University of Berlin): Financial markets, welfare states and the Great
Recession
Gerba, Eddie (University of Kent) & Waltraud Schelkle (London School of Economics and Political
Science LSE/Free University of Berlin): The finance-welfare state nexus of the crisis,
Nelson, Moira (Lund University): The Politics of Crisis Management and the Implications for Welfare
State Development
Picot, Georg (University of Oxford): Pre-Crisis Economic Growth Models and Their Consequences in
the Great Recession,
Ranci, Costanzo (Polytechnic of Milan) & Stefania Sabatinelli (Polytechnic of Milan): Social
vulnerability in European Cities in Times of Crisis and The Role of Local Welfare
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Immigration and the Welfare State
Felleshuset, meeting room
Chairs: Grete Brochmann (University of Oslo, NO, grete.brochmann@sosgeo.uio.no) and Wim van
Oorschot, (Leuven University, BE, w.v.oorschot@gmail.com ).
Breidahl Nielsen, Karen (Aalborg University) & Christian Albrekt Larsen (Aalborg University):
Migrants within the Nordic Welfare states: Do their orientations become ‘Nordic’?
Careja, Romana (University of Cologne): Discriminatory attitudes towards migrants - when parties
matter
Jakobsen, Vibeke (The Danish National Centre for Social Research) & Tomas Korpi (University of
Stockholm): How immigrants fare in the labour market and across the income distribution in the
Scandinavian countries
Römer, Friederike (Social Science Research Center Berlin): “Picky but Generous”, “Open but Cheap”?
– or Something in Between? State’s strategies of aligning Welfare benefits and Immigration
Saksela-Bergholm, Sanna (University of Helsinki): Consequences of Long-distance Migration: Filipino
Labour Migrants’ Experiences of Working and Living Conditions in Finland
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k) Public Pensions in Hard Times
Swedish embassy
Chairs: Jørgen Goul Andersen (University of Ålborg, DK, goul@dps.aau.dk) and Karl Hinrichs (Bremen
University, DE, hinrichs@zes.uni-bremen.de).
Gelepithis, Margarita (London School of Economic, UK): Unlikely advocates of outsider interests? The
pension industry and reforms in Liberal welfare states
Naumann, Elias (University of Mannheim): Do increasing pressures to reform change policy
preferences? - A survey experiment on support for pension reform
Polakowski, Michal (International Centre for Research and Analysis ICRA): From the financial crisis to
the pension crisis? An analysis of pension adjustments during the fiscal stress in Poland
Stamati, Furio (European University Institute EUI) & Mi Ah Schøyen (Norwegian Social Research
NOVA): The politics of real-world NDC pensions: the unsettled Italian trajectory
Vauhkonen, Jussi (University of Helsinki): Public Pensions in “Hard Times” – problem or solution?
l)
The Politics of Social Policy – Old and New Actors
Norwegian embassy
Chairs: Herbert Obinger (Bremen University, DE, hobinger@zes.uni-bremen.de) and Urban Lundberg
(Stockholm University, SE, urban.lundberg@historia.su.se).
Hannikainen, Matti (University of Tampere): Two types of flexibility: Responses to the financial crises
of the 1930s and 1990s in Finland
Horn, Alexander (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): The Conceptualization of Government Ideology in
Welfare State Research: Interest Representation vs. Cognitive Frame
Jochem, Sven (University of Konstanz): The Politics of Egalitarian Capitalism
Markkola, Pirjo (University of Jyväskylä): Long Term and Short Term Perspectives on Lutheranism and
the Welfare State in Finland
Schelkle, Waltraud (London School of Economics and Political Science LSE/Free University of Berlin &
Deborah Mabbett (Birkbeck University of London): Central Banks as Social Policy Actors
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